Ryanair November £2 promo

[richw]

I received an email earlier which I deleted as of no use to me but worthy of sharing

Ryanair are offering seats for £2 each way on Tuesday and Wednesday's in November to selected destinations.

I've just had a play around and had a 80% success rate for Wednesday 9th on finding the £2 fare, including several Bristol departures. Return journeys the following Tuesday and Wednesday for my selected 5 routes had a 100% success.

 

[Owen T]

There is always a way that you pay the rest of the fare somewhere, such as having luggage, wanting to use the toilet or even wearing clothes on the flight!!

 

[Camden]

Or self respect.

No thanks!

 

[Robertj21a]

There is always a way that you pay the rest of the fare somewhere, such as having luggage, wanting to use the toilet or even wearing clothes on the flight!!

No there isn't. There's no charge to use the toilet and there's no need to take luggage that has to be paid for.

I've used Ryanair about 200 times, with no problems at all.

 

[AlterEgo]

Ryanair are great as long as you get a good price. No need for anyone to be snobby about them at all. They opened up Europe to me as a skint 20 year old.

 

[Hornet]

Did the annual Christmas Pressie run last weekend with FR on the DUB-LGW-DUB route. €20 all in. On time both ways, (as is normal nearly every time i've flown with them, unlike BMI in their prime). Rucksack and Carrier Bag on board for free. Cheaper than postage! Could have flown DUB-LHR-DUB as it's nearer my final destination, but i'm not paying LHR €65 just to pass through security.

 

[Tetchytyke]

Ryanair are great as long as you get a good price. No need for anyone to be snobby about them at all.

I've never had a problem in all the years I've flown Ryanair, never had a cancellation and only had a couple of late flights, EasyJet have been less reliable with more delays.

I don't understand the sniffiness towards the yellow lot. Even when they had the sod off attitude to customer service is wasn't much different to other airlines; Lufthansa addressed a complaint I had in flowery language, but the effect was still to tell me to naff off.

I just had a day trip to Dublin on this deal for £28, and that included paying for seat selection as I didn't fancy being in the middle.

 

[Robertj21a]

I've never had a problem in all the years I've flown Ryanair, never had a cancellation and only had a couple of late flights, EasyJet have been less reliable with more delays.

I don't understand the sniffiness towards the yellow lot. Even when they had the sod off attitude to customer service is wasn't much different to other airlines; Lufthansa addressed a complaint I had in flowery language, but the effect was still to tell me to naff off.

I just had a day trip to Dublin on this deal for £28, and that included paying for seat selection as I didn't fancy being in the middle.

The only Ryanair cancellation I've had in 15+ years is when that volcanic ash stopped most flights. A refund was made within days.
The usual rants about Ryanair are from those who have never even flown with them, or expect 5 star luxury for what can be a ridiculously small fare.

 

[shredder1]

I use Ryanair a lot, we just missed the £2 November offer, I`m booked with them to fly out to Budapest for a rail tour, 2nd Feb £20 and fly back a week later from Berlin £15, I use a standard carry on approved rucksack and separate camera top loader bag, both now allowed

 

[richw]

I've used them regularly for Bristol to Chania to visit my Grandad. Never had a problem, never needed to pay for luggage. I take my regulation hand luggage - Ryanair allow 1 bigger hand luggage 55x40x20cm roughly and one smaller bag. When staying with my granddad I only need 2-3 days clothes as can wash a set each day so a hand luggage is more than enough. Travellign along so don't care about pre selecting a seat or early boarding (who actually pays for that, you'll get on the plane anyway!)

 

[BestWestern]

How do they actually make money? I wonder what the rough profit margin is on the average aircraft.

 

[richw]

How do they actually make money? I wonder what the rough profit margin is on the average aircraft.

Sales, add ons etc. I once remarked they'd tried selling me everything except the aircraft itself.

Priority boarding- free money for them and whenever I fly at least 20 people using it, so at £20 a go, that's £400 a flight.

Inflated prices onbaord- people pay it - £1.50 for a bag of crisps, £2 for a can of coke. you get the idea.

They try sell you parking, hotels, coach travel etc all on I imagine decent commission.

 

[Hornet]

How do they actually make money? I wonder what the rough profit margin is on the average aircraft.

From 2011:-
Total unit cost per seat is €43. (Fuel and Operating Costs).
Average Revenue per Passenger is €50.

https://www.aviationstrategy.aero/newsletter/Jun-2011/1/Ryanair_–_to_fly_or_to_park?

 

[BestWestern]

From 2011:-
Total unit cost per seat is €43. (Fuel and Operating Costs).
Average Revenue per Passenger is €50.

https://www.aviationstrategy.aero/newsletter/Jun-2011/1/Ryanair_–_to_fly_or_to_park?

That's tight then? Or is my perception out! One could presumably expect the first figure to have risen somewhat since then?

 

[Hornet]

That's tight then? Or is my perception out! One could presumably expect the first figure to have risen somewhat since then?

Not all that tight when their load factors are in the mid 90%. I'd hazard a guess that their profit margin today is around €5 per seat occupied x 115.5 million seats occupied.

https://investor.ryanair.com/traffic/

 

[Tetchytyke]

Ryanair have a very good revenue yield model, the promo deals are on flights that wouldn't be busy otherwise, usually midweek daytime flights in the winter. Go somewhere where they don't have competition- Derry in Northern Ireland as an example- and you'll pay £100+.

 

[AlterEgo]

Ryanair have a very good revenue yield model, the promo deals are on flights that wouldn't be busy otherwise, usually midweek daytime flights in the winter. Go somewhere where they don't have competition- Derry in Northern Ireland as an example- and you'll pay £100+.

How far in advance? I've never had to pay more than about £20 for Derry, and I've had it for £9.99 before. That's a few months in advance.

 

[Stonesourscotty]

Yea i always see the Londonderry flights for the same price as the dublin ones.

 

[LordCreed]

I use them a lot when I go out to Germany or Spain. For £9.99 each way can hardly complain.